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Tabuns, P. (NDP, Toronto–Danforth)
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget, 2008 (Bill C-50), 1465 Administration of justice, 3660–3661
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
Air pollution, 6660–6661 , 7032
Air quality
Alma College heritage foundation fund, 2349
Apprenticeship training
ratio of tradespeople to apprentices, 8199
Apprenticeship training programs
compulsory certification, 8200
Artists
Arts and culture, 6240
Asbestos, 6319
Auditor General
report expenses for programs or services in annual report, 3751–3752
Automobile industry
Chrysler Group LLC, 4900
General Motors of Canada Ltd., 4900–4901
Awards
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery, 4934
Bail, 3660
Bisphenol A
Books
Bleak House (Charles Dickens), 3366 The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett), 1792
Bottled Water Spending Act, 2009 (Bill 215)
Budget, 4901
Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 114)
Budget surplus
transfer of funds to municipalities for infrastructure projects, 1291–1293
Building codes
Caregiver employment agencies
Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 103)
Child care
Child custody
Child poverty, 5211
Child protection, 6631–6632
China
Climate change plan, 640 , 8328–8329
Climate Change Secretariat
MacLeod, Hugh (associate deputy minister), 2129
Climatic changes, 151–152 , 171 , 319 , 471 , 559 , 1053 , 1200 , 1246–1247 , 2300 , 4630 , 6056 , 6717 , 6999 , 7303–7304 , 8328 , 8963
Clotheslines, 1053
Community Right to Know Act (Disclosure of Toxins and Pollutants), 2008 (Bill 76)
Community safety, 3367
Concerts
Inspiration (Cosburn music council), 7083
Construction industry
independent operators, 3892–3894
strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), 7826–7827
Consumer protection
Coroner inquests
power of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to hold inquest repealed, 4372
Coroners Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 115)
Correctional centres
overcrowding, 4700
youth facilities, 3367
Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 (Bill 64)
Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 (Bill 118)
Crime, 3660
Cultural industry, 8130–8131
Demand-side management (electric utilities), 3337–3338
Dental care
Diabetes, 1793
Discrimination
Driver licences
enhanced driver licences
protection of privacy, 7077
Driving
ban on use of cellular telephones and electronic entertainment devices while driving
Drug abuse
impact on violent crime rates, 3009
Drug abuse treatment programs, 3368
Drug-related crime
Economic conditions, 3526–3527 , 3668–3669 , 3674–3676 , 5052–5053 , 5208
Economic growth, 5209
Economic statement, 3526–3527
Education funding, 1793
Education funding reform, 904
eHealth Ontario
Electric vehicles, 7305–7306
Electricity industry
Electricity rates
Electricity retailers/gas marketers
contracts, 4673
cancellation fees, 4673
cheque cashing, 4672
reaffirmation letter, 4673
Employment creation, 3526
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-In Caregivers and Others), 2009 (Bill 210)
Employment-related benefits
severance/termination payments
Employment standards
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
general discussion, 6148
first reading, 5788
Endangered species
Energy, 3274
nuclear energy, 77 , 3275 , 3299 , 4630–4631 , 4902 , 4954 , 5056 , 5315 , 6144 , 6185 , 6198 , 6398
renewable energy, 2391 , 2603 , 2849–2850 , 3299 , 4901–4902 , 5051–5057 , 5059 , 6398 , 6999
renewable energy projects, 4901 , 4954 , 5054
domestic content requirements, 4954
role of municipal governments, 6732
Energy conservation, 152–153 , 3337–3338 , 6720
deep lake water cooling system, 2848–2849
northern York region and Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, 1982
smart meters, 7582
Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Bill 235)
Energy efficiency
home retrofit program, 7306
Energy policy, 2844–2845
Energy supply
Environmental assessment process, 3486–3487
Environmental law
Environmental programs
Better Buildings Partnership, 5052
Environmental protection, 3448–3449
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Essar Steel Algoma Inc.
pollution reduction baghouse device, 1475
Europe
Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, S.O. 2006, c.31, 1465 Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133)
Fatalities
Zaveda, Bailey (shooting victim), 3659
Film and television production industry
Ontario film and television tax credit (OFTTC), 904
Finance companies
Financial literacy, 7938–7940
Fishers
Food service premises
disclosure of nutritional information for foods and drinks served on premises, 6068–6069
Foreign caregivers
Foreign workers
Forest industry, 7946–7948
Fruit wines
Fuel
Full Day Early Learning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 242)
Germany
Golf courses
impact on water resources, 5490
Government assets
Government contracts
Government expenditures
Government notice of motions
Government orders
Government record
Government revenue, 4664
Great Lakes
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3330
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 163)
Green economy, 4333 , 5052–5057
Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Green industry, 5052–5057
Greenbelt plan, 5489–5491
Greenhouse gas emissions, 7289–7292
Harmonized sales tax
impact on arts community, 8735
impact on cost of living, 8857–8858
impact on electricity rates, 8730
impact on sport, recreation and physical activities, 9691
impact on theatre tickets, 6885
Hazardous products
Hazardous waste, 3352
Health
Health care
privatization, 3237
transfer of patient from Mexico to Canada
George-Pazzano, Victoria case, 6331
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Heritage conservation
Highway safety
riding in back of commercial/towed vehicles prohibited, 2179
Highway tolls
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Speed-limiting Systems), 2008 (Bill 41)
Hispanic Canadians, 9052–9053
H1N1 influenza A (swine flu)
Hospital services
Hospitals
Bridgepoint Hospital
replacement of personal support workers with registered practical nurses, 2207
Housing
Immigrants
access to professions and trades, 905
Immigration
Income groups
Industrial disease, 7181–7182
Industry shutdowns, 5207–5208
Interim supply motions
Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Investors/investment, 6056
Kyoto Protocol on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 6717
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 248)
Lactose intolerance, 3249
Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008 (Bill 99)
Lake Simcoe protection plan, 2696–2698
Lake Simcoe watershed
Land use planning
Greater Toronto Area (GTA), 5725
Landfill sites
Language instruction
English as a second language (ESL), 4925
Legislative building/grounds
heritage conservation, 9221
Legislative process
Legislature schedule/agenda, 8045–8046
Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 4664
Liquor sales/services
Long-term-care facilities
oversight by Ombudsman, 3242
Manitoba
renewable energy projects, 6719
Manufacturing industry, 3298
Members'/ministers' personal narratives, 3281 , 4673
Members'/ministers' public apologies
Members/ministers quoting committee submissions
Bach, Bob (Sustainable Buildings Canada), 6722
Canadian Cancer Society, 2627–2628
David Suzuki Foundation, 2628
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 6320
Shapero, Erin (councillor, town of Markham), 2628
Members/ministers quoting documents
Creating Ontario's Toxics Reduction Strategy - A Discussion Paper (Ministry of the Environment), 6324 Our Toxic-Free Future: An Action Plan and Model Toxics Use Reduction Law for Ontario (Canadian Environmental Law Association), 6322 submissions to Ministry of the Environment on creating Ontario's Toxics Reduction Strategy Discussion Paper (Canadian Environmental Law Association), 6326
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel memorandum to Minister of the Environment, 6323
Members/ministers quoting letters
Canadian Environmental Law Association and Ecojustice, 2629
Ontario Court of Justice family law judges, 6633
Suzuki, David (scientist, activist, broadcaster), 77
Members/ministers quoting newspaper articles, 320–321
Members/ministers quoting press releases
Ministry of Finance, 1291–1292
Pembina Institute/Sierra Club/World Wildlife Fund, 152
Members/ministers quoting reports
Report of the Propane Safety Review Panel (Michael Birk, Susana Katz), 8081 Special Report: Ontario's Electronic Health Records Initiative (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario), 8273
Members/ministers quoting statements
Abdella, Kenzu (Kawartha Muslim Religious Association), 442
Association of Municipal Emergency Medical Services of Ontario, 4934
Association of Municipalities of Ontario, 9394
Bhandar, Davina (Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough), 443
Canadian Environmental Law Association, 9394
Cromarty, Lois (executive director, Northumberland Community Legal Centre), 442
David Suzuki Foundation, 5056
Granholm, Jennifer (governor, Michigan), 6718
Maguire, Ron (president, CUPE Local 5555), 442
McKeown, David (medical officer of health, Toronto), 2629
Miller, Gord (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 7305
Parkland Institute, 9394
Pembina Institute, 5056
Rees, Melinda (executive director, Peterborough Community Legal Centre), 442
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2629
Silnicki, Mark (president, OSSTF district 14), 442
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 6325
Wing, Dave (president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario), 442
World Wildlife Fund, 5056
Wynne, Kathleen (former public school trustee, Toronto District School Board), 1048
Members/ministers quoting websites
www.cottagecountrynow.ca, 9394
Members'/ministers' remarks
Liberal (2003-2010)
Carroll, Aileen (Barrie)
as Minister of Culture, 6240
Gerretsen, John (Kingston and the Islands)
as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 2627–2628
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South)
as Ontario Premier, 10 , 151
Smitherman, George (Toronto Centre)
NDP (2003-2010)
Kormos, Peter (Welland), 7886
withdrawn, 6198
Members' statements
Alma College, 1723
Child care, 6646 , 8111
Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2614
Climate change, 640 , 2300
Correctional facilities, 4700
Cosburn Middle School, 7083
Development in Toronto–Danforth, 5623
Electricity supply, 6144
Energy contracts, 9504
Flu pandemic preparedness, 8413–8414
Heritage conservation, 4626
Human rights, 9082
Long-term care, 3242
Natural gas rates, 1774
Ontario economy, 4332–4333
School pools, 1048 , 8690
Smart meters, 7583
Termination and severance payments, 3686–3687
Uranium mine, 10
Mental health care
Metrolinx
Milk, 3249
Minimum wage, 3281 , 8176–8177
Mining industry
uranium exploration and mining, 10 , 77
Ministerial statements, responded to
Arts and cultural funding, 1507 , 6147–6148
Citizenship Week, 3281–3282
Climate change, 4630–4631
Consumer protection, 9135
Cultural funding, 827–828
Earth Day, 6198
Earth Week, 1200
Environment industry, 1053 , 6398
Environmental protection, 2619–2620
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, 3329–3330
Greenhouse gas emissions, 6999
Humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, 6852–6853
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 472
Lake Simcoe watershed, 558–559
Pesticides, 1244
Poverty, 5043
Public transit, 5693
Renewable energy and energy conservation, 4953–4954
South Asian and Asian Heritage Month, 1464–1465
Technical safety standards, 7041–7042
Toxics reduction, 5957–5958
Volunteer Service Awards, 5585
Volunteers, 70
Waste Reduction Week, 3448–3449
World Water Day, 471
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
buy local strategy, 8070
Pick Ontario Freshness strategy, 904
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
grants to community organizations, 1290
Ministry of the Environment
permit to take water (PTTW)
Movies
Municipal elections/by-elections
Municipal infrastructure
National/independence/memorial days
Chinese Canadian Head Tax Redress Day, 2614
Holocaust Memorial Day, 1617–1618
South Asian Heritage Month, 1464
Natural gas
Natural gas generating stations
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Nowruz, 938
Nuclear generating stations, 3274
cost overruns, 6185
limit on liability in case of nuclear accident, 8917–8918
Nuclear safety
Chalk River Laboratories, 4803
Nurses
Nutrition, 3249
Obesity, 6068
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (Bill 183)
Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
decision to allow customers pay Enbridge's court costs, 1606
Ontario health premium, 903–906
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG)
Ontario Poet Laureate, 8130
Ontario Power Authority (OPA), 5054–5057
integrated power system plan (IPSP), 3338
renewable energy standard offer program (RESOP), 2391
Ontario Power Generation, 5057
Ontario Power Generation fossil-fuel generating stations
Ontario Power Generation gas-fired generating station
Ontario Power Generation nuclear generating stations
construction cost overrun, 5784–5785
Darlington nuclear generating station, 2603–2604 , 5315
purchase of nuclear reactors, 7195
refurbishment costs, 9314–9315
Pickering nuclear generating station
safety of Pickering B, 1922
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
collective bargaining, 4700
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), 6055
Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, 2009 (Bill 218)
Ontario Works program, 3527
Opposition day motions, responded to
Oral questions, presented
Air quality, 1475 , 7388–7389 , 7772
Arts and cultural funding, 6885
Automobile industry, 4900–4901
Climate change, 171 , 1246–1247 , 2129
Correctional facilities, 2346
Correctional services, 2210 , 2438
Darlington nuclear generating station, 9314–9315
Dental care, 3042
Drive Clean, 7032–7033
Driver examination centres, 7921–7922 , 9170
Driver licences, 7077
Employment lands, 897
Enbridge Gas, 1606
Endangered species, 4653
Energy contracts, 2029–2030
Environmental assessment, 3486–3487
Food safety, 81
GO Transit, 6986
Government assets, 9316
Government contracts, 9497–9498
Green power generation, 4901–4902
Health care workers, 2207
Heritage conservation, 2349 , 9221
Highway 407, 8603 , 8998
Hydro rates, 8730
Infectious disease control, 3236–3237
Infrastructure program funding, 9218
International trade, 8070
Labour dispute, 9582
Medical evacuation, 6331
Natural gas rates, 1924
Nuclear energy, 2603–2604 , 3274–3275 , 5315 , 5784–5785 , 6185 , 7195
Nuclear power facilities, 8917–8918
Nuclear safety, 4803
Ontario artists, 6082
Ontario economy, 3526
Pickering nuclear generating station, 1922
Protection from harassment, 55
Public participation, 7826–7827
Public transit, 6988
Renewable energy and conservation, 2391
School pools, 1060
Sewage sludge, 9216
Skills training, 3041
Taxation, 8735 , 9691
Toxics reduction, 8496–8497
Transfer payments, 3526–3527
Transit funding, 1207
Uranium mine, 77
Waste disposal, 7768–7769 , 9579
Water quality, 837–838 , 6806
Water supply, 3924
Paramedics, 4934
Pesticides/herbicides
Petitions
Petroleum prices, 3299
Photo Card Act, 2008 (Bill 85)
Plays
The Turn of the Screw, 8130
Poets Laureate, 8130
Police services
Poverty, 3281–3282 , 5206–5210
Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 152)
Poverty reduction strategy, 3368 , 5043 , 5208–5210
Private members' public business
Apprenticeship training
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 110)
Climate Change Awareness Act, 2009 (Bill 208)
Corporate reporting requirements
Curriculum
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Protection for Artists), 2009 (Bill 165)
Financial literacy
Forest industry
Fuel safety
Greenbelt Day Act, 2009 (Bill 153)
Health promotion
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2009 (Bill 156)
Highway improvement
Hispanic community
Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 (Bill 101)
Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2008 (Bill 74)
Labour Relations Amendment Act (Replacement Workers), 2009 (Bill 86)
Legislative channel
Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Fruit Wine), 2009 (Bill 132)
Milk in schools
Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Act (Disclosure of Lemons), 2009 (Bill 164)
Northern York Region Power Conservation Act, 2008 (Bill 79)
Nowruz
Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery Act, 2009 (Bill 136)
Ontario Energy Board Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 131)
Ontario Poet Laureate
Provincial Parks and Major Provincial Tourist Attractions Sign Act, 2008 (Bill 21)
Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 (Bill 237)
Tire disposal
Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2009 (Bill 32)
Waste Reporting Act, 2008 (Bill 105)
Wind turbines
Propane explosions
Propane industry
Provincial parks and tourist attractions
Public education campaigns
Climate Change Awareness Day, 8327–8328
Earth Day, 1200 , 6198
Greenbelt Day, 5489 , 5491
Hispanic Heritage Month, 9053
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 472
Waste Reduction Week, 3448
Public inquiries
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public transportation, 6678
Quebec
renewable energy projects, 6719
wind turbines, 3298
Regional transportation plan (The Big Move), 5896–5897
greater Toronto and Hamilton area, 5693
Regulations, 7041–7042
Reports
Doing Less with Less: How shortfalls in budget, staffing and in-house expertise are hampering the effectiveness of MOE and MNR (Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 2630 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report, 2005-2006 (Neglecting Our Obligations), 2630 Ontario's Water Hazard: Golf Courses Guzzling Groundwater (Earthroots and Ecojustice), 5490 Progress in a Climate of Change, A Review of Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan (Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario), 4630 Regulatory Risk in Private Investment and Renewable Energy Technologies: A Study of the Ontario Wind Power Sector (Guy Holburn and Charles Morand, Richard Ivey School of Business), 6722 TD Economics Special Report - Time for a Vision of Ontario's Economy (Don Drummond, Derek Burleton), 3298 Watertight: The case for change in Ontario's water and wastewater sector ( Expert Strategy Water Panel), 9393
Research and innovation
Retail stores
big box stores
SmartCentres, 5623
retail development on Eastern Ave., 897
School cafeterias
ban on trans fat in food and beverages, 318–319
School closures, 4926
School facilities
School science strategy, 4924
Science/technology, 4925–4926
Securities industry
Sentences (criminal procedure)
pretrial custody credits, 3661
Sewage spills
South Castor River (Vernon), 9216
Solitary confinement
Ahmad, Fahim; Zakaria Amara, Mohammed Dirie, 2210 , 2346 , 2437
Special education
Sri Lanka
Status of Ontario's Artists Act, S.O. 2007, c.7, Sched. 39, 6082 , 8131 Streptococcus A infection, 3236–3237
Strikes
Student evaluation
Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act, S.O. 2002, c.29, 837–838 Tamil Canadians
Tax credits
Tax rebates
gasoline tax rebate
highway construction, maintenance or operation, 6660
Taxation Amendment Act (Exemptions for Artists), 2009 (Bill 232)
Taxation Amendment Act (Live Performances), 2009 (Bill 226)
Teacher-student ratios
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Theatre tickets
retail sales tax exemption, 827
Throne speech debate
Throne speech quoted, 153 , 442
Time allocation motions
Environmental Protection Act (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 (Bill 185)
Investing in Ontario Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Tire tax, 932
Tobacco Control Statute Law Amendment Act, S.O. 2005, c.18, 1851–1852 Toronto
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
fare increase, 5894
parking fees, 5894
purchase of streetcars from Bombardier, 6988
Toxic substances
cadmium, 7184
mercury, 7184
perchloroethylene, 7184
reduction plan, 5957 , 6320 , 6328 , 7180
conflict with municipal bylaws, 6325–6326
creation of toxics reduction institute, 7183
emissions reduction, 6320–6321
expansion of sectors covered, 7182
expansion of toxic chemicals list, 7182
fees, 6324
reduction targets, 6323
regulation and enforcement, 5957 , 6322 , 6325 , 8496–8497
reporting standards, 6323
trichloroethylene, 7184
Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 (Bill 167)
Toxics Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, 7183
Transit systems
GO Transit
electrification of rail lines, 6986
Georgetown south service expansion, 7772
government funding, 1207
Move Ontario 2020 plan, 906
Transportation
greater Golden Horseshoe, 5893
Transportation infrastructure
Tributes
Dean, Gordon (former member, Wentworth), 7206
Tuberculosis
Uganda
anti-homosexuality legislation (2009), 9082
Unemployment, 6717–6718
Union certification, 1793
United States
American Clean Energy and Security Act, 2009, 7301 , 7307–7308 consumer protection from used vehicles identified as lemons
electricity industry deregulation
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, 6325–6326 , 7183–7184 renewable energy projects, 6718–6719 , 6722
Universities/colleges
Vehicle emission tests
Vital health statistics, 1792
Volunteers, 70 , 3282 , 5585
Waste management/programs, 3351–3352
composting, 3351
waste diversion, 932
Water quality
acceptable levels of radioactive tritium in drinking water, 6806
Water supply
Water utilities
Websites
www.PickupPal (online carpooling), 6179
Western Climate Initiative, 7292–7293
Wind turbines
health effects
moratorium on new projects pending review of health effects, 8334–8336
Workers
injured workers, 1945
replacement workers
ban on use during strike or lockout, 7935
Workers' compensation benefits
Workers' rights
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 119)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bill 145)
Young offenders, 3366
Youth crime
Youth/students
Takhar, Hon. H.S. (LIB, Mississauga–Erindale)
Adoption disclosure
backlog of disclosure requests, 8498
Agencies/boards/commissions/etc.
expenditures
travel, meal and hospitality expense guidelines for employees, 7420
Apprenticeship training programs, 661
Automobiles
Budget, 5616–5617 , 5685–5686 , 5882–5883
Business education tax, 664
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Capital cost allowance (CCA), 3004
Capital tax
Cervélo Cycle, 3004
Conflict of interest
Grier, Jason (lobbyist), 8645
Conquest Vacations
Construction workers
occupational health and safety, 3769
Consumer protection
Corporate tax reduction, 3765
Debates re answers to oral questions
Direct Engagement Inc.
peer-to-peer round tables, 5283
Employment insurance benefits
Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009 (Bill 139)
Federal government
transfer payments
equalization program, 2866
Go Green Ontario
emissions reduction targets, 9549
Government accountability, 7926
Government-business relations
Government expenditures, 3519–3520
Government orders
Federal-provincial fiscal policies
Government record
Liberal (2003-2010), 8101–8102
PC (1995-2003)
Harmonized sales tax, 5883
transition benefit
$1,000 for single parents or couples, 5882–5883
Holidays
Icynene, 3576
Licence plates
yellow ribbon logo (support for Canadian troops), 8602–8603
Manufacturing industry, 22 , 45
Members/ministers quoting letters
Bryans, David (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 994
Members/ministers quoting statements
Andrew, Judith (Ontario vice-president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), 417
Bryans, Dave (president, Ontario Convenience Stores Association), 1253
Chalmers, Doug (director, Aluma Systems), 3766
Element, Jeff (chair, Canadian Association of Tour Operators), 6439
Walsh, Karl (president, Ontario Provincial Police Association), 8546
Members'/ministers' remarks
PC (2003-2010)
Yakabuski, John (Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke), 7388
withdrawn, 6439
Methes Energies, 3576
Ministerial statements, presented
Ministers redirecting oral questions, 956 , 1820 , 2441 , 2489 , 2831 , 3044 , 3531 , 3571 , 5121 , 5427 , 5828 , 8102
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
advanced manufacturing investment strategy (AMIS) program, 3004 , 5188
Ministry of Government Services
Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
Global Edge program, 745
Ontario craft brewers opportunity fund, 4947
Ontario secondary school business plan competition, 745
small business enterprise centres, 3004
Summer Company program, 744–745 , 6992
VQA wine support program, 2440–2441
youth business foundation, 745
One Step Travel
Ontario budget speech (25 March 2008)
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Ontario Manufacturing Council, 45
Oral questions, responded to
Adoption disclosure, 8498
Consumer protection, 4862–4863 , 5614–5615
Energy conservation, 9549
Government contracts, 8411–8412 , 8645
Government record, 8101–8102
Government services, 7338–7337 , 7388 , 7431–7434 , 7871–7872 , 8546 , 8603
Government spending, 7691–7692
Ontario public service, 7525–7526
Propane explosion, 2733 , 2736 , 3576–3577
Small business, 22 , 297–298 , 416–419 , 1768–1769 , 3045–3046 , 3273–3274 , 3436 , 3531 , 3574–3576 , 3765–3766 , 3769 , 4947 , 5187–5188 , 5232–5233 , 5283 , 5427 , 5613 , 5828
Student summer jobs, 6992
Taxation, 5616–5617 , 5685–5686 , 5882–5883
Technical Standards and Safety Authority, 4576
Tobacco control, 994 , 1253
Travel industry, 6269–6270 , 6335–6336 , 6439
Travel industry compensation fund, 6078 , 6081
Wine industry, 2440–2441
Youth employment, 9405
Youth entrepreneurs, 744–745
Payday loan industry
Payday loans, 4862–4863
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Payday Loans Act, 2008 (Bill 54)
Private members' public business
Red Tape Reduction Policy Act, 2008 (Bill 121)
Small business
Promotion Engineering Ltd., 3576
Propane explosions
Propane safety, 3577
propane operators to carry insurance as a condition of licensing, 7040
Propane safety review panel, 7040–7041
Public education campaigns
Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (Bill 201)
Public service
ServiceOntario
closure of private licence and permit offices
expansion of services in rural Ontario, 7338–7339 , 7871–7872
Silver Lining
North American Tour to Inspire Entrepreneurs, 3004
Small business, 297–298 , 416 , 661–662 , 3576 , 3765–3766 , 5187–5188 , 5232–5233 , 5283 , 5406–5407 , 5427 , 5685–5686
contribution to economy, 3003–3005
government funding, 1768–1769 , 3004 , 3769
programs and services, 4947
regulation, 418–419 , 3004 , 3273–3274 , 3436 , 3531 , 3766 , 5406 , 5828
regulatory reduction, 4139 , 7749–7750
Small Business Agency of Ontario (SBAO), 5406
Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA)
Tax reduction, 5686
Technical safety standards, 7040
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), 3577 , 4576 , 7040
appointment of directors, 4576
Technical Standards and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 187)
Tobacco products
ban on retail display of cigarettes, 994 , 1253
Travel industry compensation fund, 6078 , 6081
Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), 6078 , 6081 , 6269–6270 , 6439
2Source Manufacturing Inc., 3004 , 3576
Websites
www.ontario.ca/sbcs, 3004
Workers
Youth entrepreneurship, 745
Youth/students
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